Environment- resistive Remote Terminal NXR Series

IO - Link Master Unit for EtherNet/IP™ or EtherCAT ®

Easy way to adopt IoT

for production equipment
IP67 Remote Terminal
Streamline commissioning and maintenance
efforts and stabilize operation
Since conventional commissioning and maintenance methods via field networks are insufficient for modern
manufacturing sites, some problems, such as increase in MTTR and commissioning time, are arising.
As a solution to these problems, OMRON analyzed unnecessary and inefficient work in production processes, and
developed NXR Series that comes equipped with various functions to save time and ensure uninterrupted operation.

Setup and
Previously Design Operation Maintenance
commissioning

NXR Series

Reduced setup and Increased Reduced

commissioning time uptime maintenance time

Setup and commissioning

Simple and quick setup and commissioning P.4

Operation

Stable operation by visualizing communication quality P.6

Maintenance

Short MTTR by easy replacement and quick recovery P.6

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Features of NXR Environment-resistive Remote Terminal
No control panel required thanks to IP67 protection

NXR-ILM08C-EIT NXR-ID166C-IL2
NXR-CD166C-IL2
LED indicator:
NXR-ILM08C-ECT
Color universal design
Network
Enlarged view of I/O connector

I/O
connector Selectable by setting
● 8 IO-Link ports
● 16 digital inputs/outputs
● 16 digital inputs
or
● 16 digital inputs/outputs

Power
7/8-inch connector
supply
connector ● I /O power supply,
unit power supply
● Through-wiring
IO-Link Master Unit IO-Link I/O Hub

Data utilization with reduced wiring

Adding the IO-Link I/O hub simplifies wiring while providing the capability of data utilization.

IO-Link master
Data utilization via IO-Link IO-Link sensor or
Controller actuator
IO-Link master
Simple wiring using I/O hub

Standard sensor or
actuator
I/O hub 16 I/Os

I/O hub 16 I/Os

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 Setup and commissioning

Simple and quick setup and commissioning

Setup without software designer intervention
On-site operators can make port settings for the IO-Link master unit simply by setting the rotary switches
to a pre-set pattern, reducing setup time and software designers’ workload.

On-site operator Software designer

Connect PC Quick setting

Previously Turn ON power Configure in software
and power supply
with
no expertise
On-site operator
required
NXR-
Set switches Port setting completed
ILM08C-ECT

PREVIOUSLY NXR-ILM08C-ECT

Connected to PC

Setting each port in software Setting all I/O ports at once

IO-Link, digital input, Port setting is completed
or digital output is set by setting the switches to
for each port individually a pattern pre-set for each port.
in software.

Connected to power supply

Port setting table of NXR-ILM08C-ECT

Set switches
Port Pin No.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
4
1
2
4
2
2
4
3
2
4
4
2
4
5
2
4
6
2
4
7
2
4
8
2

Digital input Digital output IO-Link Set using software

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Batch device setting using CX-ConfiguratorFDT
Automatic setting of IO-Link parameters on the configuration tool and transfer of remote terminal
and IO-Link device settings from the controller significantly reduce setup time by 90%*1.
*1. Compared with OMRON’s NX Series in May 2020.

Other vender OMRON

Data transfer to Data transfer to

each device all devices from controller
➀ Select IO-Link
the device device
setting data

➁ Click
the OK button

Just select devices to update all parameters at the same Configuring all devices at once from the controller
time. Simple configuration prevents human errors. eliminates the need to configure each device individually,
greatly cutting down setup time.

Easy and accurate configuration using Sysmac Studio

Configuration settings of connected actual IO-Link devices can be verified and obtained in Sysmac Studio.
In addition, the process data structure and device variables of the set devices can be generated automatically,
reducing programming time. This can save you configuration time while preventing human errors.

Verifies and
gets device
parameters
Automatically
at a time
generates process
data structure and
device variables

I/O port of sensor Variables generated by selecting Create Device Variable from menu

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 Operation

Stable operation by visualizing

communication quality
Quantified Ethernet and IO-Link communication statuses allow you to find network cabling errors before operation. During
operation, the communication statuses can be monitored, making it possible to check the system before it suddenly stops.

[ Case study ]
Ethernet*1
Error count of all devices Error count of terminal B

Total communication Communication error count

error count
Terminal A 0
Terminal B 14
Terminal C 0 Time

*1. The NJ/NX CPU Units and NY Industrial PCs support EtherCAT.

Maintenance

Short MTTR by easy replacement and quick recovery

I/O cable and communication Ethernet cable I/O cable
cable diagnostics
Sensor

The remote terminal reports approximate locations of Disconnected

disconnections or short circuits in Ethernet cables, and 3m away *2 Short-circuit detection
Disconnection detection
detects disconnections or short circuits in I/O cables.

Replacement and setting without software

When a failure occurs, the operator can restore the unit by setting the rotary switches, without using a PC.
The software designer doesn’t need to visit the site. As for port setting for the NXR-ILM08C-ECT IO-Link Master Unit
for EtherCAT, the time required for recovery is shortened by 95% compared with setting on a PC *3.

I/O port Node

PREVIOUSLY NXR-ILM08C-ECT
setting address

Skilled software designer
reconfigures settings using
configuration tool.
Even unskilled operator can complete x161 x16 0 x161 x16 0
configuration just by setting switches
to specified positions.
I/O port and node address can
be set with rotary switches.

Maintenance
time
reduced by

95%
*3

*2. The NXR-ILM08C-EIT IO-Link Master Unit for EtherNet/IP can report approximate locations of problems in Ethernet cables.
*3. Calculated under our specified conditions in November 2023.

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 CX-ConfiguratorFDT with improved user interface *4

The updated CX-ConfiguratorFDT provides a familiar user interface in Office 365 and Windows 10.
With enhanced usability, this tool enables you to search for and download profiles online using the IODDfinder.

Modern ribbon-based UI design and usability IODDfinder: Online profile search and download (IO-Link)

Inherited function to generate variables by selecting Create Device Variable from menu
*4. The CX-ConfiguratorFDT is support software used for parameter setting of IO-Link devices.

Ordering Information
Product name Number of IO-Link ports Degree of protection Port connection Model
IO-Link Master Unit
NXR-ILM08C-EIT
for EtherNet/IP M12 connector
8 IP67
IO-Link Master Unit (A-coding, female)
NXR-ILM08C-ECT
for EtherCAT

Product name Number of inputs/outputs Degree of protection I/O connector Model

16 inputs 8 M12 connectors NXR-ID166C-IL2
IO-Link I/O Hub IP67
16 inputs/outputs (A-coding, female) NXR-CD166C-IL2

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Specifications
Product name Item Specification
Baud rate, Ethernet physical layer 10Mbps/100Mbps , 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T
Ethernet switch Layer 2 Ethernet switch
EtherNet/IP
communications Communication cable diagnostics,
Functions Network statistical information acquisition,
QuickConnect, DLR (Device Level Ring)

IO-Link Connector, number of ports Class A, 8 ports

IO-Link port
Master Unit Baud rate COM1:4.8kbps, COM2:38.4kbps, COM3:230.4kbps
for EtherNet/IP Number of inputs 16
Digital inputs
Short-circuit protection,
in SIO (DI) Mode Provided
short-circuit detection
Number of outputs 16
Digital outputs
Short-circuit protection,
in SIO (DO) Mode Provided
short-circuit detection

Product name Item Specification

EtherCAT
Baud rate, Ethernet physical layer 100 Mbps/100BASE-TX
communications
Connector, number of ports Class A, 8 ports
IO-Link port
Baud rate COM1: 4.8 kbps, COM2: 38.4 kbps, COM3: 230.4 kbps
IO-Link Functions I/O port quick settings, Ring topology(EtherCAT)
Master Unit Number of inputs 16
for EtherCAT Digital inputs
Short-circuit protection,
in SIO(DI) Mode Provided
short-circuit detection
Number of outputs 16
Digital inputs
Short-circuit protection,
in SIO(DO) Mode Provided
short-circuit detection

Product name Item Specification

IO-Link Baud rate COM2:38.4kbps
Number of inputs 16 (digital input hub), 0 to 16 (digital input/output hub)
Short-circuit protection,
Digital inputs
short-circuit detection, Provided
IO-Link
disconnection detection
I/O Hub
Number of outputs 0 to 16 (digital input/output hub)
Short-circuit protection,
Digital outputs
short-circuit detection, Provided
disconnection detection

● Sysmac is a trademark or registered trademark of OMRON Corporation in Japan and other countries for OMRON factory automation products.
● EtherNet/IP™ is a trademark of ODVA.
● EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Germany.
● Windows and Office 365 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
● The product photographs and figures that are used in this catalog may vary somewhat from the actual products.
● Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
● Some images are used under license from Shutterstock.com.
● Other company names and product names in this document are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Note: Do not use this document to operate the Unit.

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